What is Botanical nomenclature? Explain the international code of botanical nomenclature.

Explanation

Assigning name for a plant is known as Nomenclature. This is based on the rules and recommendations of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. ICB deals with the names of existing (living and extinct (fossil) organisms. The elementary rule of naming of plant was first proposed by Linnaeus in 1737and 1751 in his Philosophia Botanica. In 1813 a detailed set of rules regarding plant nomenclature was given by A.P. de Candolle in his famous work “Theorie elementaire de la botanique". Then the present ICBN was evolved by following the same rules of Linnaeus, A.P. de Candolle and his son Alphonse de Candolle.